"Where are you going, monseigneur?"
"To France. I think my business is over here."
"But to what part of France. Does monseigneur think it prudent to return to court?"
"No; I shall stop at one of my castles, Chateau-Thierry, for example."
"Has your highness decided on that?"
"Yes; Chateau-Thierry suits me in all respects; it is a good distance from Paris, about twenty-eight leagues, and I can watch from thence MM. de Guise, who are half the year at Soissons. So bring the beautiful unknown to Chateau-Thierry."
"But, monsieur, perhaps she will not be brought."
"Nonsense; since Du Bouchage accompanies me, and she follows him, it will be quite natural."
"But she may wish to go somewhere else, if she sees that I wish to bring her to you."
"But I repeat that it is not to me that you are to bring her, but to the comte. Really, one would think it was the first time you had aided me in such circumstances. Have you money?"